Alexandroupoli

Alexandroupoli (Greek: Αλεξανδρούπολη, [aleksanˈðrupoli]), is a city of Greece and the capital of the Evros regional unit in Thrace. It is an important port and commercial center of northeastern Greece. Dedeagach Dedeagatsh ( Turkish: Dedeağaç, Bulgarian: Дедеагач,Greek: Δεδεαγάτς), meaning "grandfather tree" in Turkish (dede means "grandfather" and the word ağaç means "tree" in Turkish), is the founding name of the city. The name was based on a local tradition of a wise dervish who spent much of his time in the shade of a local tree and was eventually buried beside it. Dedeagach remained the official name of the city throughout the Ottoman period, and the name used for it in the West until the establishment of the Hellenic Republic. In...